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CHAPTER 4

Khushi entered her room to find her sister relaxing with a cup of tea and watching her favorite cookery show.

"Jiji, where do you want to go today?" Khushi asked taking a place next to her sister.

"I don't want to go out today. We will go tomorrow since am here for one more week." Payal replied back with a smile.

"No problem jiji. We will go tomorrow... jiji can I ask you something." She asked hesitantly.

"Yes, ask." Payal approved turning off the TV and giving her full attention to her little sister.

"Who was that man with you at the airport on the day you came here?"

"He was Akash." Payal replied as her cheeks turned a slight red.

"How do you know him?" Khushi asked as curiosity took the better of her to find out who the person is and just the mention of his name made her sister blush.

"I met him three years back in Shimla." Payal said looking at her sister who seemed not be satisfied with her answer and she wouldn't leave her until she knew the full story.

"Remember the time I had gone to Shimla for the final project for my internship three years back." Payal asked.

"Hmmm..."Khushi indicated asking her sister to continue.

(Flashback Start)

"It was the last day of our stay in Shimla. We were through with our project and we were given a day to take a tour around the place. My friends had left for sightseeing and I had stayed back at the hotel. I was strolling in the garden when I overheard his one sided conversation."

"Bhai, he got involved in an accident today in the morning and he is in the hospital....without him around its hard to manage the preparation since there is no guidance by him.... It will be difficult to get someone at this time with a short notice..."

I walked up to him and asked him, "Is there any problem. Can I help you?"

"I don't know...but how can you help?" he asked with worry written all over his face.

"I just heard your conversation...One sided ...sorry for that...but if I can be of any help please say." Payal said.

"Actually our event manager met with an accident...and the rest I guess you heard."

"Ohh... Can you give me a chance... I can help you."

"You... can you manage... I mean do you know how to go about it?"

"Yes I can." Payal answered back with confidence in her voice. "I was here for my last project for Event Management as an intern."

"Great... Then I think you will be able to manage it... let me show you the plan and everything that is to be done." As we walked to where the others were.

We involved ourselves in work and by the end of the day we were able to get everything ready as per the requirements. After that I left since I had to do packing as my flight back was on the following day.

I met him again the following morning when we were checking out of the hotel.

"Hi... are you leaving?" he asked with a broad smile.

"Hi... yes my work is done here and have to go back. "She replied back with a warm smile.

"Thank you, you really helped me yesterday otherwise the show would have been a great disaster."

"You're Welcome... it was all my pleasure working for you and am glad I could use my creativity and knowledge for your show."

"So are you from around here?"

"No... am from Delhi."

"Great am also from Delhi... Would you mind giving me your number... don't get me wrong... I just want so that I could call you if I had any work."

"Its ok.. my number is +919...."

I left from there after a while. He called me a week later with a job offer and I accepted. With my hard work and determination I became the head of event management at AR after three years and this was my first management as the head of AR.

(Flashback Ends)

"That's the way I know him." She completed as she looked at Khushi who sat attentively listening to her.

"Hmmm... but why were you blushing on taking his name?" Khushi asked with a mischievous smile.

"Khushi!"

"What? I was just asking... because..."

"Because what?"

"Because I can see something more in your eyes..." Khushi shouted running out of her room.

"Wait Khushi..."Payal shouted running behind her.

"Bye jiji...we will continue when am back in the evening." As she made her way out of the house picking her scoter keys from the key holder stand.

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Khushi reached the Garden Caf where she was to meet her friend Priya. She got a table in the open garden instead of the overcrowded room of the caf.

After waiting for almost one and a half hour she finally picked her cell and dialed the number of the person she was waiting for.

As soon as the call was answered on the other end she bombarded the person with her questions, "Where are you? I have been waiting for you for almost two hours now."

"Khushi... Khushi... relax. Am sorry I couldn't make it. I got held up with some work and actually forgot to inform you. Am sorry. I'll come and give you the file of your designs.

"It's ok. You can give it to me in college tomorrow since the designs are to be submitted on Wednesday yet." She said when the waiter interrupted her.

"Madam your ice cream." He said placing a cup of butter scotch with a small spoon on the table.

"Thank you." As she paid the check giving a broad smile.

"Khushi how many ice cream cups have you eaten?" asked the person on the other end of the phone.

"Thanks to you I have had three cups already and this is the forth one." She replied as she got up picking her belongings from the table to leave. "Bye now. Let me enjoy my ice cream." As she ended the call.

She had walked a few steps away from the table when she realized she had left her scooter keys on the table. She turns around to bang onto a hard chest and the sudden impact causes the ice cream cup spill onto the person's coat.

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CHAPTER 5

She had walked a few steps away from the table when she realized she had left her scoter keys on the table. She turns around to bang onto a hard chest and the sudden impact causes the ice cream cup spill onto the person's coat.

"What the..." Exclaimed Arnav in anger looking down at his coat.

"Am really sorry." Khushi said looking up from the coat to the person it belonged to.

"Tum!" They both shouted in union.

"You, I should have guessed it before that any damage done around me is done by you. And yeah, I was right you do walk blindly. Daydreaming in this broad daylight. Khamakha mera suit bigad ke laundry ka bill bada diya." (You just spoilt my suit and expanded the laundry bill for me.)

"What, you are thinking about your suit and laundry bill and what about my ice cream?" Khushi spoke back.

"I can order another one for you but you can't pay for the damage you did to my coat."

"Oh yes, I can" as she moved towards the table picking up her keys and tissue.

"Here" As she gave the tissue to him, "You can clean it with this till it's given for dry cleaning."

"How dare..." he spoke taking a step forward with his face red with anger.

His step forward made Khushi take one step back. He stared at her with blood shot eyes while she looked for a way to escape.

Tring...tring...tring...

That was her escape and his cause of anger. Arnav's phone. As it continued ringing Arnav's anger rose while Khushi smiled. One look at her face and he knew the reason behind her smile.

"Dhanyawad Devi Maiya." Khushi muttered in her head as she gave out a smile to Arnav who was on the call and walked away.

"Stop right there." He shouted making her stop on her track and turn towards him.

"You can't walk away when am talking to you." As he took a step toward her.

"Sorry forgot to tell you, Say a big thank you to the person who always calls you at the right time. And if I can't walk away then I can surely run." She shouted waving her hand in a bye and taking off at full speed.

"UNBELIEVABLE" was the only word that came to his lips as he made his way out of the caf to head for the airport to get back to Delhi.

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Arnav, Anjali and Akash returned back to Delhi and continued with their daily routine.

Payal also returned back to Delhi after a week to resume her work.

As the year preceded both Arnav and Khushi forgot about their meeting.

Arnav got busy with his work while Khushi got busy with her final year exams.

AFH picks ten inters every year from Lukhnov to work for them for a year. This trend was started by Anjali who roots back to Lukhnov and wants more talent to come out of her hometown.

Khushi and her friend Priya were among the top ten who got selected to work as an intern at AFH.

Khushi moves to Delhi a week before her internship starts to celebrate new year with her jiji, buaji and her cousin Rishi.

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A year later.

Khushi had decided to visit their sweet shop with Rishi as she was getting bored at home. Rishi had to settle down the accounts for the week and look into the new orders and Khushi had volunteered to assist him. The restaurants were well managed by the people left in charge but he looked into the sweet shop personally as this was the shop where he had started his career from. Within five years the one room shop had turned into a big one which not only offered sweets but also hot snacks that people could sit and enjoy while sited at the open caf like place outside the shop.

They both walked to his office on the first floor. It was a well furnished room with a huge table at the centre with chairs.

"Wow, your office is really nice bhaiya." Khushi said looking around the room.

"Thank you, for your compliment my sweet little sis." Rishi replied taking his seat.

"Hey! Don't call me that now am no more the little one am big now." Khushi said with a cute pout on her face.

"Ohk, my sis..." but was cut short by the ring of his cell phone. "Khushi wait here I'll be back in a while." As he walked out answering the call.

The landline phone rang as soon as Rishi left the office. Having no other option Khushi answered the call.

"Hello." Khushi speaks into the receiver.

A sudden gust of wind blows as if reminding her of something. She had felt this when she had met the handsome man. But she brushes away the idea saying, "How can it be him and calling here out of all the places and moreover she never saw him again after the caf episode."

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"Chote have you called to place the order for the sweets for the pooja on Sunday and the caterers for the party menu. And don't forget I want sweets from GM (GUPTA MITHAI)" Anjali asked her brother who was busy punching keys on his laptop.

"Yeah Di, I know. I'll just call." He answers getting his phone to call Rishi the owner of GM as he personally knew him. Getting his line busy he decided to call on the landline number. The sweet voice that came from the other end reminded him of someone he had long forgotten.

A sudden gust of wind blew reminding him of the girl whose thoughts had disturbed his many nights. He had first felt this sensation when he had seen her for the first time in Sheesh Mahal. He decides to drop the idea thinking, "He had met her in Lukhnov and what she will be doing here in Delhi and it was almost a year since he met her and had never seen her again. He had visited Lukhnov a few times but had never crossed paths with her." The voice from the other end brought him out of his trance.

"Hello." Khushi spoke again.

"Hello... Is this GM sweets?" he asked to confirm he had dialed the correct number.

"GM sweets ka number dial kiya hai to wohi hoga na. Anyways how can I help?"

(If you have dialed the number of GM sweets than it will be that only."

"Can I speak with Rishi?"

"He is not around... anything else?"

"I think Rishi has appointed a mad PA who doesn't know how to talk."

"What?" she shouted in shock and how dare he calls her mad. She was ready to answer back but was cut short.

"Whatever. Write down my order and tell Rishi to call back."

Khushi writes down the order and the date of delivering the sweets.

"Address?" she asked.

"You won't need that Rishi knows." He said.

"Apna naam to batao. Otherwise what will I tell him that some ghost called up placed the order and asked me to tell him that you know the address."

"Arnav"

"I'll let him know."

Rishi walks in as soon as she ends the call.

"What happened?" Rishi asked seeing his sister's face which showed anger.

"Nothing, some Arnav called to place an order." As she handed the list she had written to Rishi. "He has asked you to call back."

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